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Story Behind the Curve

CMCA offered a landlord incentive program between July and December 2021 that offered landlords $500 for each new tenant they accepted through the Housing Choice Voucher program.  Thirty-two landlords took advantage of the program, housing a total of 46 new tenants.

Why Is This Important?

The Housing Choice Voucher Program (HCV) pays a subsidy amount towards the rent for low-income people, so they can live in a house, condo, duplex, townhome, apartment, or mobile home of their choice.  CMCA partners with local landlords in Callaway, Cole, Cooper, Howard, Moniteau and Osage Counties.  Households eligible for the Housing Choice Voucher program are added to a waitlist until vouchers become available.  Once vouchers are available, the family actively begins searching for housing through a landlord that accepts Housing Choice Vouchers.  The number of people on the waitlist, the average length of time spent on the waitlist, and the number of people with vouchers who are unable to find housing are all indicators of the housing crisis.  In October 2021, CMCA's Housing Choice Voucher program had 115 households on the waitlist and 54 households who were approved for vouchers but were unable to find housing with landlords who accepted the vouchers.  

 

                          

How We Impact

CMCA is the Mid Missouri Public Housing Agency responsible for processing vouchers supplied through the Housing Choice Voucher Program (formerly known as Section 8) as part of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.  CMCA serves the counties of Callaway, Cole, Cooper, Howard, Moniteau and Osage.  For information for Boone County, visit the Columbia Housing Authority, or for information for Audrain County, visit the Mexico Housing Authority.

The Housing Choice Voucher Program (HCV) pays a subsidy amount towards the rent for low-income people, so they can live in a house, condo, duplex, townhome, apartment, or mobile home of their choice.  To qualify for this program, rental units must meet the standards of health and safety, as determined by the Mid-Missouri Public Housing Agency (MMPHA).  The housing subsidy is paid directly to the landlord by MMPHA on behalf of the participating family. The family then pays the difference between the actual rent charged by the landlord and the amount subsidized by the program.  As the family's income increases, they pay more towards the actual rent.  A family graduates from the HCV program when they have paid the full rent amount independently for six months.  The number of HCV vouchers that CMCA can afford to administer varies based on the value of the vouchers.

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Partners

                                         

CMCA is the Mid Missouri Public Housing Agency responsible for processing vouchers supplied through the Housing Choice Voucher Program (formerly known as Section 8) as part of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.  CMCA partners with local landlords across the service area who accept Housing Choice Vouchers.

Need affordable housing?  Learn more about the HCV program.

Interested in becoming an HCV landlord?  Contact us at (573)-443-8706 x1050.

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